Only Falls and Horses, the out-of-print memoir of Team GB’s oldest gold medallist in Rio, becomes top search on secondhand books site
Showjumper Nick Skelton’s autobiography Only Falls and Horses has sold out at bookseller Abebooks after his gold medal win in Rio on Friday.
Skelton, 58, became Britain’s oldest Olympic medallist since 1908 last week, winning the individual showjumping gold on his horse, Big Star. The rider had been forced to retire after breaking his neck in 2000, but returned to the sport two years later. In 2011, he had a hip replacement and in 2012 was part of the squad that won a gold in the team showjumping event at the London Olympics.
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